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Saturday, June 26, 2010

CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINT DULCE DE LECHE COOKIES AND ~ A GIVEAWAY

Despite the success of my dulce de leche I have never considered cosy-ing down into a couch to shovel dollops of dulce de leche from a jar into my face. HO no. The completion of the dulce de leche was no more than a stage in a journey that I had begun when I swiped that can of condensed milk off the shelf.

So you might think I've had sleepless nights thinking "waht do hi do? waht do hi do?". Ahh ~ truth is ...Hi had known what Hi was to do. HO yes. Hi had plans.

This is plan number one : Chocolate Shortbread Thumbprint Dulce De Leche Cookies with a Pistachio Filigree. Long Cool no?

The Chocolate Shortbread recipe came from Oven Haven. A beautiful blog. She on the other hand got it from Nostalgia. It's rich, it's chocolatey and it's short. Add your thumbprint, roll in crumbled pistachios and flourish with a dollop of dulce de leche. Wooooo...what a twist!

I'll let you into a little secret. These cookies are SO chocolatey!! mmm-hmmm

Preheat oven to 300 F (150 C)Cream butter in an electric mixer until creamy. Add icing sugar and beat until light and creamy. Add vanilla. On low speed add flour and cocoa powder 1/2 cup at a time and mix until the dough comes together. You might want to take it off the machine and finish the mixing with your hands.

Using a melon baller scoop scoopfuls of dough and roll into a ball. Press the ball of dough into a thick-ish disc and coat the sides of the disc with pistachios. Lay the disc of dough on a baking tray and make a thumbprint in the centre using your thumb/finger tip or the end of a clean wooden spoon.When done all......

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes of less according to the size of your cookies. I baked mine for about 15 minutes.

Take them out of the oven and using the end of a wooden spoon press down into the depression again because the depression would have puffed up a little while baking. But don't worry. Just push it down again with the back of the wooden spoon. Let cool completely and then fill with dulce de leche just before ( or a few hours) before serving.

But wait!.....the thrill isn't quite over yet. Ho no.

SURPRISE!!!

A giveaway ~ A box of cookie presses ~

If you have been following my blog you'll know what Malaysians use tart presses for ~ they're for Pineapple Jam Tarts. Like these ~

But they're great for any kind of jam filled cookies. I have a collection of these presses and I thought you should have one too. Wherever you are you're welcome.

I'll be in a very good mood for a week until Saturday 3rd of July. So leave a comment and I'll announce the lucky winner on Sunday 4th of July 2010.

The tart presses will arrive at your door in that little red box. Isn't that fun?

75 comments:

I had never considered using dulce de leche in thumbprint cookies before, even though they area bout my favorite variety of cookie ever. Ya, I think they're even better than the ever-popular chocolate chip. All my life dulce de leche has been accompaniment for frozen treats and brunch with waffles. Thanks for the new ideas!

the thumbprint cookies look fantastic and quite doable for me too..had made them once , but slightly different.. those cookie moulds look awesome..Hope I win them..I have seen those pineapple jam tarts in bakery shops in singapore..they look wonderful..

As a good follower of your blog, I did know that those are for pineapple tarts, but you're right, they'd be good for lots of things. The box is all cuteness. I love your use of the dulce de leche in the cookie - ingenious!

Zurin those cookies look just heavenly! I am having a cup of coffee right now and I would love to stick my hand through the screen and grab one or two....Your pics are simply lovely!Yummmmmm.......L~xo

my goodness. I made this as desert for my family the other night, and I just wanted to say that this recipe got so many compliments. What a discovery. I'm loving this food blog! Thanks so much for the recipe

my goodness. I made this as desert for my family the other night, and I just wanted to say that this recipe got so many compliments. What a discovery. I'm loving this food blog! Thanks so much for the recipe

Wow Zurin, you are killing me, look at these delicious little darlings before go to sleep, I will dream about them. Dulce de leche is my most favorite thing in the world. And now with cookies. Yummmmm!

Your cookies are decadently delicious and not to hard to do. That thrills me. Your giveaway is unique and lovely. There is someone out there who will be very happy to receive them. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary

hehe love these-they're a much more socially acceptable way of eating copious amounts of DDL (although sadly I do eat it by the spoonful). Those cookie presses are great! I bought some a while back and use them for icing too :)

Oh, those look so lovely! I've yet to try making dulce de leche, but it's definitely on the list. The cookie presses would be great for using with homemade lemon curd-filled cookies as well... will have to keep my fingers crossed!

Dulce de leche is on my "try to cook list" for this weekend... after quite some time of searching condensed milk in a can I finally found one. Now I need a recipe where I can use my future dulce de leche and I think I'll try this one as I just love the idea! Thanks for sharing!